第一节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Charles Plumb was a US Navy jet pilot in Vietnam. After 75 missions, his plane was destroyed by a missile. Plumb ejected (弹射出飞机) and was __41__. He spent 6 years in a prison. He survived the __42__ time and now lectures on lessons learned from that __43__.
One day, when Plumb and his wife were sitting in a restaurant, a man at another table came up and said, “You're Plumb! You __44__ jet fighters in Vietnam from the aircraft carrier (航母) Kitty Hawk. You were __45__！”
“How __46__ did you know that？” asked Plumb.
“I __47__ your parachute (降落伞)，” the man replied. Plumb gasped in surprise. The man shook his hand and said, “I guess it __48__！”
Plumb said, “It sure did. If your parachute hadn't worked, I __49__ today.”
Plumb couldn't sleep that night，__50__ about that man. He wondered how many times he might have seen the man and not even __51__ Good morning.
Plumb thought of the many hours the sailor had __52__ on a long wooden table at the bottom of the ship, carefully folding the silks of each parachute, holding in his hands each time the __53__ of someone he didn't know.
Now, Plumb asks his __54__， “Who's packing your parachute？” Everyone has __55__ who provides what they need to make it __56__ the day. Plumb also points out that he needed many kinds of __57__ when his plane was shot down — he needed his physical parachute, his mental parachute... He called on all these supports before reaching safety.
Sometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss what is really important. We may __58__ to say hello, please, or thank you, congratulate someone __59__ something wonderful that has __60__ to them, or just do something nice for no reason. As you go through your week, month and year, recognize people who pack your parachute.
41．A.captured B．shot
C．injured D．killed
答案与解析：A 根据文章意思可知Plumb从飞机里弹出被俘获(capture)。
42．A.good B．wonderful
C．hard D．worse
答案与解析：C 根据文章内容可知，在监狱里的这六年应该是最艰难的(hard)一段岁月。
43．A.experience B．flight
C．mission D．prison
答案与解析：A lecture在这里是名词用做动词相当于give lectures，lessons，教训；根据文章内容可知应该是从那次经历中所得出的教训。
44．A.controlled B．rode
C．flew D．drove
答案与解析：C fly在此处意为“驾驶(飞机、飞船等)”。ride“骑车/马等”，drive“开车”。
45．A.shot down B．put down
C．taken down D．let down
答案与解析：A 根据第一段中的his plane was destroyed by a missile可知此空应填shot down(击落)。
46．A.on the earth B．in the world
C．all over the world D．in the earth
答案与解析：B “in the world＝on earth＝ever”意为“究竟；到底”，常放在特殊疑问词后，表示强调。
47．A.arranged B．made
C．did D．packed
答案与解析：D 根据下文很多提示可知应该选pack, “pack your parachute”意思是“为你的降落伞打的包”。
48．A.worked B．fell
C．landed D．flew
答案与解析：A it worked 意思是“有效，有用”；根据第49空前面的提示也可知。
49．A.would have been B．wouldn't be
C．would be D．wouldn't have been
答案与解析：B 此处考查虚拟语气。虽然if从句是对过去的假设，但主句是对现在的假设，故选B。
50．A.thinking B．thought
C．to think D．think
答案与解析：A “thinking about that man”在此作伴随状语，think与主语Plumb之间是逻辑上的主动关系。
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Charles Plumb was a US Navy jet pilot in Vietnam. After 75 missions, his plane was destroyed by a missile. Plumb ejected (弹射出飞机) and was __41__. He spent 6 years in a prison. He survived the __42__ time and now lectures on lessons learned from that __43__.
One day, when Plumb and his wife were sitting in a restaurant, a man at another table came up and said, “You're Plumb! You __44__ jet fighters in Vietnam from the aircraft carrier (航母) Kitty Hawk. You were __45__！”
“How __46__ did you know that？” asked Plumb.
“I __47__ your parachute (降落伞)，” the man replied. Plumb gasped in surprise. The man shook his hand and said, “I guess it __48__！”
Plumb said, “It sure did. If your parachute hadn't worked, I __49__ today.”
Plumb couldn't sleep that night，__50__ about that man. He wondered how many times he might have seen the man and not even __51__ Good morning.
Plumb thought of the many hours the sailor had __52__ on a long wooden table at the bottom of the ship, carefully folding the silks of each parachute, holding in his hands each time the __53__ of someone he didn't know.
Now, Plumb asks his __54__， “Who's packing your parachute？” Everyone has __55__ who provides what they need to make it __56__ the day. Plumb also points out that he needed many kinds of __57__ when his plane was shot down — he needed his physical parachute, his mental parachute... He called on all these supports before reaching safety.
Sometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss what is really important. We may __58__ to say hello, please, or thank you, congratulate someone __59__ something wonderful that has __60__ to them, or just do something nice for no reason. As you go through your week, month and year, recognize people who pack your parachute.
41．A.captured B．shot
C．injured D．killed
答案与解析：A 根据文章意思可知Plumb从飞机里弹出被俘获(capture)。
42．A.good B．wonderful
C．hard D．worse
答案与解析：C 根据文章内容可知，在监狱里的这六年应该是最艰难的(hard)一段岁月。
43．A.experience B．flight
C．mission D．prison
答案与解析：A lecture在这里是名词用做动词相当于give lectures，lessons，教训；根据文章内容可知应该是从那次经历中所得出的教训。
44．A.controlled B．rode
C．flew D．drove
答案与解析：C fly在此处意为“驾驶(飞机、飞船等)”。ride“骑车/马等”，drive“开车”。
45．A.shot down B．put down
C．taken down D．let down
答案与解析：A 根据第一段中的his plane was destroyed by a missile可知此空应填shot down(击落)。
46．A.on the earth B．in the world
C．all over the world D．in the earth
答案与解析：B “in the world＝on earth＝ever”意为“究竟；到底”，常放在特殊疑问词后，表示强调。
47．A.arranged B．made
C．did D．packed
答案与解析：D 根据下文很多提示可知应该选pack, “pack your parachute”意思是“为你的降落伞打的包”。
48．A.worked B．fell
C．landed D．flew
答案与解析：A it worked 意思是“有效，有用”；根据第49空前面的提示也可知。
49．A.would have been B．wouldn't be
C．would be D．wouldn't have been
答案与解析：B 此处考查虚拟语气。虽然if从句是对过去的假设，但主句是对现在的假设，故选B。
50．A.thinking B．thought
C．to think D．think
答案与解析：A “thinking about that man”在此作伴随状语，think与主语Plumb之间是逻辑上的主动关系。
